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I hope you guys are aware we're in a war already. The US is currently being attacked with the Fentanyl epidemic, which I last heard took over a 100K lives last year in overdoses, and our youth is being distracted and practically demoralized with Tiktok. Both of these are orchestrated by Chinese government. China even owns Tiktok and they heavily police what kids watch on the Chinese version of their app to encourage them to strive for realistic but ambitious careers like going into STEM as opposed to the majority of kids in the US see careers as influencers and streamers.

Now pertaining to the topic, at a microlevel, I don't want to be shot, shot at, nor have my limbs blown off, and I don't wish that on my friends or people around me either. Extending this to a macrolevel, I obviously don't want a hot war. I will also recognize that there are people who yearn and thrive to be in a life and death environment so you'll likely see a few run off to the military, maybe even join the Navy Seals to constantly see action.

But this isn't what war is for. The bloody toll can be a symptom, a consequence if you will, but not a cause. War is forces imposing ideals and usurping power from populations. You have to understand the motivations of why a country or force would mobilize against another country and the dynamics of interactions that escalated to that point else you'll only see pointless bloodshed and wonder why we can't all live together peacefully and harmoniously.